喬治·巴雷特
愛爾蘭風景畫先驅與皇家學院創始人
喬治·巴雷特(老)RA是一位愛爾蘭風景畫家,以油畫最為著名,但也偶爾創作水彩畫。他於1762年離開愛爾蘭移居倫敦,並很快被公認為當時最傑出的藝術家之一。他曾在大不列顛藝術家協會展出作品,並贏得了眾多頂級藝術收藏家的贊助。1768年,巴雷特與其他核心成員一同退出該協會,共同創立了皇家藝術學院,並在此持續展出作品直至1782年。 巴雷特似乎曾在英格蘭廣泛遊歷,包括湖區和懷特島,還曾前往威爾斯和蘇格蘭,以為其贊助者完成委託作品。他患有氣喘,這促使他於1772年遷居至威斯本格林,當時那裡還是帕丁頓以西的一個鄉村。儘管他透過繪畫賺取了可觀的收入,但人們卻形容他在花錢方面「揮霍無度」。 1782年,他得到了埃德蒙·伯克的幫助。早在伯克就讀於都柏林三一學院時,兩人便已結為好友。經伯克推薦,他獲得了切爾西醫院首席畫師的任命,並一直擔任該職直至1784年去世。他去世時,遺孀和子女生活無著,但皇家藝術學院向其遺孀發放了每年三十英鎊的撫卹金。
Relationship Network
Parent child
- George Barret Jr. Child
Artworks by this artist (26 total)
- Landscape Set in an Oval (Mountain Landscape Through an Oval Window) ca. 1775
- Landscape with Cottagers ca. 1775
- Morning: Landscape with Cattle ca. 1775
- River with Angler
- Landscape with Figures in the Background c.1740s
- Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland between 1760 and 1762
- Park Scene with Deer, Cattle, and a Group of Figures
- Timber Wain on a Rough Road
- The Lightning Flash, Travellers in a Thunderstorm on a Woodland Road
- Morning: Landscape with Mares and Sheep ca. 1775
- River Bank With High Rocks
- A River Scene c.1740s
- A View near Avoca c.1760
- A Mountainous Wooded Landscape With Figures By A River In The Foreground
- A wooded landscape with a lake, anglers in the foreground
- Horses and Cattle by a River 1777
- River Landscape 1773
- Tree Study with Stags (Landscape)@Drawings
- A Landscape with a Man Fishing c.1740s
- Wooded Landscape with a Boy and his Dog ca. 1770